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MONEY
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1 season · 4 episodes total · ~4 per season.
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Porterhouse Blue
1987 1 seasons · 4 eps English
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SOLID
★7.2TMDB · 14
Comedy
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Cambridge, Great Britain, 1980s. When the headmaster of Porterhouse College dies without naming a successor, the government appoints a former graduate whose ideas clash with the extreme conservatism that reigns at the institution.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Ian Richardson
Sir Godber Evans
David Jason
Skullion
Paul Rogers
Dean
John Woodnutt
Senior Tutor
Harold Innocent
Bursar
Barbara Jefford
Lady Mary
John Sessions
Zipser
Charles Gray
Sir Cathcart D'Eath
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 4 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Premiered 1987 and has since ended.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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CINEMA
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Show type: Miniseries.
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CAST
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Airs on Channel 4.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 4
- Avg episode length
- 60 min
- Premiered
- 1987-06-03
- Last aired
- 1987-06-24
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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